Young researchers are under pressure to get results, write a thesis, and publish. They are often responsible for setting up models or experimental tools, and this is usually their main focus. In the intense day to day of experiments, they often lose site of the bigger picture of what their work will ultimate contribute to…communicating this is vital for successful funding applications.

1. Defining the impact of your research
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2. Zoom out to see
where you fit into
the picture &
remember the
ecosystem needs
you in it!

3. technology & discovery have/need:
1. a use
2. a user
3. someone to pay for it!

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Research funding is ‘impact investment’, not simply a gift
What is the ‘knock-on’ effect of your work?

5. Commercial/
Industrial
Human/
Societal
Scientific Environmental
policy
Areas
of
Impact:

6. Use a word
cloud to
illustrate or as a
tool to analyse
your text:
https://tagul.com/

7. • The puzzle is not complete without
you
• View through a Wide angle, not a
zoom lens
• Remember the Impact Investors –
what’s their return on investment?